RE:RE:charging stations This is specifically why I commented on the use of string batteries instead of the large heavy batteries presently being used. These string batteries have two large benefits. First, you only have to use enough of the string to take yuo your planned trip, therefore avoiding hauling the extra weight needlessly. Second, instead of charging your batteries at a charging station, you merely change them out completely. The charging stations have a ready supply of charged batteries for you to take, and your discharged batteries are left in the charger at the charging station to recharge. So you charge the batteries, not the car, and changing out the batteries is faster than fulling a tank of gasoline or diesel.